Thanks for putting up with me. I've been WAY behind on things. I'm a one man factory here. A few weeks ago I sliced the back of my right hand open while changing a starter. I was useless for over a week and not only got behind, but things piled up. I'm still behind and orders are taking much longer to deliver. But I'm getting there. Patience is greatly appreciated.

Oh yeah, I'm fine. Thanks. It healed up smoothly, but took a week before I could flex my right hand without risking it splitting open. It was a small doozey. I was pulling on a socket wrench to bust loose one of the two main starter bolts, and when it broke loose it moved fast and the back of my hand scraped on a sharp edge of a heat shield. It just sliced right thru the middle back of my hand and was literally squirting blood. I probably lost almost a shot glass worth of it. You know those veins you can see on the back of your hand? Well I apparently sliced right thru one. Maybe should have gotten stitches, but we did the little butterfly bandaids that hold a clean wound together and also used super glue to help keep it together while it rebuilt itself. Healed up nicely, but man it was nasty. I turned pale and almost passed out, not from the pain but from the sight of that next layer of inner flesh and thinking about the amount of blood. Didn't hurt really, but was mildly spectacular with the whole fountain squirting blood thing. Wheeeee....

Lesson, when exerting force with any tool, be very aware of what will happen next when the resistance gives way and the force follows thru.

SarnoMusicSolutions wrote:Thanks for putting up with me. I've been WAY behind on things. Patience is greatly appreciated. Thanks,Brad

No worries Brad, glad you're healing up nicely. I'll enjoy the ED when it gets here.

I used to work in HVAC. A guitar player working with sheet metal all day is not an ideal combination. I saw many folks slice their hands/fingers up pretty bad, fortunately I wasn't one of them. I went back to school since then....no more sheet metal.

I guess lots of vehicles have heat shields. Back "in the day" I spend many many hours doing that sort of thing. Changed a set of heads on a Westy in a gravel parking lot. Changed a clutch not far from the Hampton Coliseum.

This may come across as snark, but it's actually meant in seriousness. My 17 year old self accepted bashed knuckles and cut up hands as the price to be paid for working on cars. My now almost 50 year old self wears gloves for this shit, because it's hard to do all sorts of things if your hands are cut up.

Glad your on the mend, Brad. And by the way, I really love my ED pedal

I used to try to work on cars. I'd buy parts... spend a boat load of time, then pay someone to undo what I did and then fix the original issue. I can do wood, electronics, build bikes from scratch, sound systems... and on occasion even plumbing... but cars and I do not work well together. Get well dude.

Yeah, I never drew blood working on my old air cooled VW microbusses. But yes, gloves are indeed in order next time I'm torquing hard in an engine compartment or anywhere under a car. Gloves would have saved my hand that day for sure.

My 17 year old self accepted bashed knuckles and cut up hands as the price to be paid for working on cars. My now almost 50 year old self wears gloves for this shit, because it's hard to do all sorts of things if your hands are cut up.

Took me until just over 60, but I agree 100%. DOH!

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Got my tracking number, should have the Earth Drive in hand tomorrow. Just in time to get it dialed in for our first festival gig of the season this weekend in beautiful Crivitz, WI. Crivestivus is the Festivus!!